For New Year’s Eve 2016, I went to my friend Joely’s house. We stumbled upon a show on TV called Peter Pan Goes Wrong, and we were intrigued. My sister adores Peter Pan, so we had to see what it was! It turned out to be a show put on by Olivier-award winning theatre group called Mischief Theatre, and oh my god, it was amazing.

As soon as we got home we watched it again, and not long after, we found out Mischief Theatre were going on tour with The Play That Goes Wrong, currently performed on Broadway! We couldn’t wait to buy tickets, and last month, we travelled to Cardiff to see the mayhem for ourselves.

I’ll talk quickly about Peter Pan Goes Wrong (because I love it so much, I just have to). Then I’ll try my best to review The Play That Goes Wrong. This is my first theatre review on my blog, so let me know if you like it!

On Saturday 1st April, my sister and I went to see children’s author Jenny Nimmo talk about her books. The event was part of Cardiff Children’s Lit Fest, an annual festival where loads of authors come to the Welsh capital to give talks and workshops. I haven’t read any of Jenny Nimmo’s books, but my sister really likes her book The Snow Spider. And who am I to turn down a book event?! Tickets were only £4 and it was being held at the beautiful Cardiff Castle, so I couldn’t say no!

The morning of the event was kind of crazy. I wasn’t planning on getting up early (it was a Saturday, who gets up early on a Saturday if they don’t have to?!), but the postman knocked and gave us a huge parcel with my name on it. I was so confused – I wasn’t expecting anything. It turned out to be a collection of 5 books by Jenny Nimmo, and there was a note to say I’d won a competition. I didn’t even know I’d entered any competition, but I assume it was open to anyone who bought tickets for the event!

Because I am so very generous and feeling the festive spirit (I have been since October), I’m running 2 eBook giveaways – one on Facebook, and one on Twitter.

If you’ve got a Kindle and you fancy winning a fun, lighthearted festive read, I’m giving you the chance to decide which one you can win! The choices will be different on here and Twitter, so if you’re feeling lucky (and if Santa says you’ve been good), you can enter to win 2 festive books!

I belong to a number of blogging pages on Facebook, and for the past few days, people have been posting Secret Santa info. I’ve seen a craft one, a beauty one, and a general gift-giving one. I thought – how cool would it be to have a bookish one?! So, instead of waiting to see if one pops up, I thought I’d organise one myself!

On Saturday I spent a few hours in Cardiff at one of the busiest events I think Cardiff has ever seen. In case you don’t know, famous and respected children’s author Roald Dahl was born in Cardiff. To celebrate his 100th birthday, there was a massive two-day event that spanned the majority of the city centre. There were street performers, Mr Fox walking on a tightrope and even a giant peach!